Painting is by nature a luminous language.

Quote by Robert Delaunay

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The idea of the vital movement of the world and its movement is simultaneity.

The idea of the vital movement of the world and its movement is simultaneity.

Impressionism; it is the birth of Light in painting.

Impressionism; it is the birth of Light in painting.

I say it is indispensable to look ahead of and behind oneself in the present....

I say it is indispensable to look ahead of and behind oneself in the present....

First of all, I always see the sun! The way I want to identify myself...

First of all, I always see the sun! The way I want to identify myself...

It is this research into pure painting that is the problem at the present moment....

It is this research into pure painting that is the problem at the present moment....

But what is of great importance to me is observation of the movement of colors.

But what is of great importance to me is observation of the movement of colors.

Vision is the true creative rhythm.

Vision is the true creative rhythm.

Seeing is in itself a movement.

Seeing is in itself a movement.

Light in Nature creates the movement of colors.

Light in Nature creates the movement of colors.

Light comes to us by the sensibility. Without visual sensibility there is no light, no...

Light comes to us by the sensibility. Without visual sensibility there is no light, no...

This synchronous action then will be the Subject, which is the representative harmony.

This synchronous action then will be the Subject, which is the representative harmony.

Simultaneity in light is harmony, the rhythm of colors which creates the Vision of Man.

Simultaneity in light is harmony, the rhythm of colors which creates the Vision of Man.

I am very much afraid of definitions, and yet one is almost forced to make...

I am very much afraid of definitions, and yet one is almost forced to make...

On the other hand, the artist has much to do in the realm of color...

On the other hand, the artist has much to do in the realm of color...

Direct observation of the luminous essence of nature is for me indispensable.

Direct observation of the luminous essence of nature is for me indispensable.

The auditory perception is not sufficient for our knowledge of the world; it does not...

The auditory perception is not sufficient for our knowledge of the world; it does not...

This communication alone, by the comparison of the antagonisms, rivalries, movements which give birth to...

This communication alone, by the comparison of the antagonisms, rivalries, movements which give birth to...

If Art relates itself to an Object, it becomes descriptive, divisionist, literary.

If Art relates itself to an Object, it becomes descriptive, divisionist, literary.

Nature engenders the science of painting.

Nature engenders the science of painting.

The eye is the most refined of our senses, the one which communicates most directly...

The eye is the most refined of our senses, the one which communicates most directly...